Locomotion No 1 – plans

[Bob WildParticipant @bobwild67557]

Does anyone know where I can get drawings of Locomotion No 1 ? I know they are available from Reeves, but they have refused to supply them to me since I had an issue with them a few years ago. Strange way to run a business. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Bob, get a friend to order you a set from Reeves. But Maxitrak have a few at the moment.

Regards Nick.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Those are two different designs as the Locomotion ( no number 1) that Reeves do is by David Piddington not the Greenly No1 that Maxitrak sell.

 

There is also a 5″ one from Ateier https://www.ateliermb.ch/shops/gussteile/ch/contents/de/d12.html

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi JasonB, never gave that a thought, are well, maybe it’s time he phoned a friend.

Regards Nick.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Although if it is the No1 he wants then Reeves may have done him a favour by not selling him the Piddington design instead of Greenley’s that he actually wants.

[Dave WoottonParticipant @davewootton]

Just a vague memory from years ago when a club member was building the Piddington one, among the many problems was one of the boiler tubes was specified at a thinner gauge than it should have been and was prone to failure under pressure test. Might have remembered wrongly but worth checking out, he was a very experienced builder and it was the one he never completed, very uncomplimentary about the design.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

The definitive book is “Locomotion No1” by Michael Bailey.
What scale are you going for? Which version?
David V a regular on the gaugeone3Dcircle weekly calls https://gaugeone3dcircle.groups.io/g/home
used the drawing from the book to make his G1 version in time for the 200th anniversary seen here running with probably a more correct number of passengers than some of the contemporary accounts. All 3D printed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvoo-EhhNHA
Or perhaps you prefer this prototype – no you don’t need new glasses it really was like this ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7xD5L2pZqU

 

[Bob WildParticipant @bobwild67557]

Thanks chaps for your replies. Unfortunately I did not receive any notification emails about your answers – I don’t know why. But that is all useful information you have suggested, and I will have a go at the Maxitrak version. I did see that earlier, but was put off by the fact that the drawing on their website seemed to be just a schematic. But I’ll have a go.

Bob

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Quick Google finds some images of finished ones

 

7 1/4 inch gauge "Locomotion No.1"

[Bob Wild]

On Bob Wild Said:

[…]   was put off by the fact that the drawing on their website seemed to be just a schematic. But I’ll have a go.

Bob

I hope I’ve understood the page correctly …

It looks like a set of nine:

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MichaelG.

[Bob WildParticipant @bobwild67557]

Well, I decided to get the Maxitrak drawings. Pleasantly surprised to receive them by return of post. They are very complicated and way above my skill level to make a working steam model. Lots of silver soldering and riveting, but I will try to get it to run on air. The key dimensions are all there, but there are many others missing. Wish me luck.

Bob

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